One of Ahrash's oldest friends, Katherine, got married right at the end of May to David, someone she has known since college. Megan and Ahrash headed up to Vancouver for the event and left Dahrius and Ranier in the able hands of Nana and Papi, who came from Tucson to be with the grandkids. The whole weekend was lovely, despite the anxieties of leaving the kids. The weather in Vancouver was sunny and warm. Apparently a spate of particularly foggy and cool weather settled in for the weekend in Berkeley, so the Arizona-natives felt that they had stepped back into winter for a few days. Good things the grandkids were there to keep things cheery!
Here is Megan looking lovely in the church for the ceremony.
David and Katherine exchanging vows. Katherine's father is the reverend for the church and is the one marrying them here.
Ahrash got to help out by joining the crowd of "official" signed witnesses to their marriage certificate.
And it's official!
Happily.
Back in the bright sunshine and warmth. Quite lucky for May in Vancouver!
Lots of meeting and greeting to do.
Megan in front of the church after the ceremony.
We then headed to dinner at a Chinese restaurant downtown. It was a ten course meal, or more... I forget. But the food was incredible, and we ate and ate for three hours. Megan and I sat at a table with David and Katherine along with two other families with kids. The kids were pretty amazing... managing to last the whole meal without any meaningful meltdowns. We missed Dahrius and Ranier, but it was also nice to not be consumed by occupying their attentions all the time.
Nice speeches all around. Some of Katherine's friends from college gave one of the most memorable toasts we have ever heard. I'm sorry that I didn't catch the whole thing on video.
The happy couple, with many plans already laid for the near future! Congratulations Katherine and David!
